2017 Gypsum Pie Festival & Car Show Pt. 1

For years we’ve had a great little event in our little town of Gypsum, KS. It goes down on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend each year. In reality it’s a great excuse to gather up our car families and have a great time hanging out, in practice it’s called the Gypsum Pie Festival & Car Show. It’s a car show where the awards are pies, that works for me!



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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2017 Herington Car Show & Drags Pt 3

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Once we all got out to the drag strip, which is on one runway of a World War II bomber base located a few miles east of Herington at the Herington Regional Airport, it was time to race. After a pipeline was laid through a nearby area there was a whole bunch of cribbing leftover that needed to be disposed of or used, so it was set up as safety barriers for the roughly ⅛th mile drag strip.

The result is a great little no-prep strip that has some grandstands, and a small pits area. It really works great for this event, I’m always impressed at how many passes people get to make at this event compared to others.

The skies were threatening, we even had lightning closing in, I kept checking the radar to see the path of the thunderstorm, wanting to have a few minutes warning if I had to go stash my camera gear in a car just in case. Some how we lucked out and the storm blew right past, then the sky turned blue and the sun started baking the track and us.

The track didn’t have much traction but that’s part of the appeal of this type of event. Flagman on the starting line, no lasers, no tree, no big egos, this is just about having fun doing some drag racing. The Throttle Jockeys have a great event here and I hope it continues to go on for a long time to come.



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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2017 Herington Car Show & Drags Pt 2

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When I awoke Saturday morning it was to the sound of my basement sump pump kicking on. Crap. I could hear the rain as well, a quick check of my phone’s radar confirmed that the storm would be awhile. Since I’d been up until 2am working on the new Fitech fuel injection for the Galaxie I took this opportunity to get a bit more rest.

A couple of hours later I’m feeling more  human, I worked for a bit more on the Galaxie then headed east to the show. The rain had stayed away for the most part, ironic since the original date for the 2017 show had been moved due to a monsoon-like downpour a month earlier. I was able to get to the show and spend some time walking around talking with folks and checking out cars before they all rolled out for the drags.

more to come tomorrow



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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2017 Herington Car Show & Drags Pt 1

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Living in a small town in central Kansas means that I get to enjoy a slower paced life, with easy access to interstates to get myself down the road when the need arises. This weekend I didn’t need an interstate, I just needed K4 highway, the highway that runs through my town, our one paved street. About 30 miles east of us on K4 is Herington, KS. The Throttle Jockeys club have been putting on a fun show in the business district of Herington for a few years, the show has an extra bonus of having some run what ya brung drag races in the afternoon.

More of the story tomorrow…



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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156 – Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes With Robert Kibbe

This week Royboy talks with the host of themusclecarplace.com podcast and cohost of the Kibbe & Finnegan Show podcast, Robert Kibbe. We discuss leaving a day job for a job in the automotive world, the basics of getting sponsorships for your car and more.

 

The Muscle Car Place

Official Website : http://themusclecarplace.com

Official Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/themusclecarplace

Official Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/themusclecarplace/

Official Twitter : https://twitter.com/themusclecar_pl

Kibbe And Finnegan Show

Official Website : http://www.themusclecarplace.com/category/kibbe-and-finnegan

Official Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/kibbefinneganshow/

Official Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kibbeandfinneganshow/

Some VWs & Cruising In Wichita

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I had planned to stay home this weekend and work on the Galaxie and the camper. I had planned to. Then I decided to check out the Bug-O-Rama VW show in Wichita then the Cruise on Douglas. I took along a camera of course and shot some images of both.

Yes, this is a hot rod and custom car focused site, but sometimes I like to look at other types of cars as well. You can scroll down passed the air cooled stuff if you want to, There are a couple of other stops from the day in this post as well.



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes Ep. 155 – Mark Cain of Shelby’s Way

This week Royboy talks with Mark Cain of Shelby’s Way. Shelby’s Way is a non profit organization dedicated to spreading suicide awareness and helping those in need.

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Shelby’s Speed & Kustom – Shelby’s over all goal is to give people in Central Kentucky an extending area’s a place they can trust to get labor done.I don’t want to just sell parts or be exclusive.I want to be known as the place to go if you don’t wanna get beat.Shelby was very competitive an it’s our goal here at Shelby’s Speed & Kustom
to continue that tradition of a job well done.
Official Twitter – https://twitter.com/ShelbysSandK
Shelby’s Way – After the death of our son Shelby in 2009 by suicide, Christ and passion convicted me (Mark Cain) to start a non-profit. Shelby’s Way, in Lexington, KY, not only educates and informs, but through our events we raise money to help clients with everyday financial needs, mental health care and medicine along with funds to help families bury their loved ones lost by suicide. Through the spirit of community and fellowship we can prevent another tragic loss and end the stigma of discussing the difficult topics of suicide and our own well being!
Official website – https://www.shelbysway.com

2017 Pete & Jake’s Open House Photo Coverage

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I decided to change things up and run all of the photos from Saturday in one big post. If you’re still on dial up, sorry!

It’s been a couple of years since I have been able to attend the Pete & Jake’s Open House event at their location in Peculiar, MO. The event has become quite the draw, more and more cars, artists and spectators attend each year. There is a car show on site and a bunch of pinstripers working on pieces that later get auctioned to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

This year I was there without a car, catching a ride to and from the event. So I shot as quickly as I could and quite honestly spent a lot of time talking and met some awesome people. I really suggest that if you can make it to this event next year, you should definitely check it out.



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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154 – Luke Zoch – Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes

This week Royboy talks with Luke Zoch of Phaeton Speed Shop!

Some links that were mentioned in the podcast

http://www.symcohotrods.com/

http://www.mississippimayhem.com/

https://www.facebook.com/vagabondswischapter/

https://www.facebook.com/phaethonspeedshopnorth/

2017 Stray Kat 500 Coverage Pt. 4

Throughout the day I spent time with friends and family from all over the midwest. The only downtime was when we went in to a local place for some food, it took about two hours to get the food and eat. Other than that it was a great day! The live music from Brian Dunning, Julie Majors and TJ Mayes drew me inside again in the afternoon. Lucky for a few of us Brian and TJ played again in the evening. It made for a great way to end Saturday.

Sunday we gathered up again for a few more hours of hanging out before it was time to go. I can’t stress enough how much fun I have at these Stray Kat shows, they are the most laid back events on my schedule. I hope to see you in Dewey next year!



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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2017 Stray Kat 500 Coverage Pt. 3

I slept in the camper in the park for the weekend. This worked out just as well in Dewey as it did in Austin. Right up until 6am Saturday when someone with open headers rumbled past and woke me up. Small price to pay for being right there in the thick of it all. The show quickly filled up, the name Stray Kat 500 was a great one when the show began but by 10 am the small town of Dewey, OK had more than 550 cars already in place. They just kept coming in!

More to come tomorrow!



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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2017 Stray Kat 500 Coverage Pt. 2

Friday evening I arrived a bit later than I wanted, but was still in time to get some of the free feed that goes on each year the night before the show. Earlier in the day there were a few destinations that folks could go to as part of a reliability run. In years past we all went to one location but the sheer number of cars and people made it tough for places to handle the crowd. So this year the head Stray Kat, Mickey Bryan decided it would be best to offer people options. I was bummed to miss this part of the event but sometimes you  have to do what you have to do.

Anyways, in the afternoon we usually gather up in Dewey for free hot dogs and chips and desserts supplied by some of the Stray Kats. It’s always a great way to get folks together and set the vibe for the weekend. The Stray Kat 500 is about family, cars and a good time. The Friday feed always gets it started in the right way.

I pulled into town around 6pm and got the camper unhooked and set up. After showing a few people the layout, which takes about 32 seconds, I hopped in the car with my buddy Ryno and we met up with some of the Lonely Knights for some all you can eat enchiladas, so yeah, 2nd dinner. But it was a great time to tell stories and laugh. Some of the Knights were staying at the Price Tower in downtown Bartlesville and offered to show us the unique building. Bartlesville is right next to Dewey and where all of the hotels are located. The Price Tower is an incredibly cool building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it’s the only skyscraper that was done from his design work. If you ever get the chance you need to check that out.

More to come tomorrow.



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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2017 Stray Kat 500 Coverage Pt 1

2017 Stray Kat 500 Photo Coverage

Back in 2009 I went to my first Stray Kat Kustoms event, that one was called the Rocket show. I had such fun that I went to the Starliner show a couple of months later, then finally in May of 2010 I went to my first Stray Kat 500. I haven’t missed one since. This weekend was kind of a blur, it went so fast. So many cars, so many people, so little time.

After a less than stellar MPG pulling the camper to Austin & back a month ago, the rear gear in the car got swapped from a 2.75 to a 3.50 because I had it sitting in the garage. Since I took extra time off for the trip to Austin I was now a bit low on vacation days so instead of heading out Thursday evening for Dewey, OK for the 2017 Stray Kat 500 I worked until noon Friday then took off. Some last minute work on the camper was finished up Thursday night around midnight.

The 3.50 gear sure made driving the car feel a lot better, although at my first gas stop I must have gotten some bad go go juice. From that point for the next hour the car sputtered, belched smoke and generally didn’t like me very much. So at each gas station I came upon I stopped and topped off the tank with the highest octane that I could. By the time I was 30 miles out from Dewey the car seemed to be running fine again. The problem was that I’d gone from the 8mpg of the Austin trip to 6. After getting lots of advice from some folks who are much smarter than I am, I think I have a game plan going forward. 1st thing is to finally get the new engine back and installed. More of the tale of the trip tomorrow.



48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!


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153 – Mike Howell – Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes

This week Royboy talks with Mike Howell of Volunteer Auto Body of Hartsville, TN He’s a great painter, a car nut and one hell of a nice guy.